(xū) - must, have to (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
xūTraditional: 须
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Translation
must, have to (bound morpheme)
Word origin
Originally a pictograph of a face with hair or whiskers, the 彡 element suggesting flowing strands beside 页 (a head); it was later borrowed for the sense of must or to need.
- Origin
- pictographic
- Root
- 页 (head) + 彡 (hair strands)
Stroke order
须
Examples
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You must study hard.
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We must arrive on time.
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This must be finished today.
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You must arrive on time.
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Students must wear school uniforms.
须 (xū) means must and is the bound second half of 必须 (bìxū), the standard word for have to.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 须.
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